七.完形填空.(共20小题;每小题1.5分满分30分)
先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
A.
In a small city in England, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he
51 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to
52 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took
53 farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied. "I am so
54 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it,
55 I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butter from
56 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"
We
57 what we give to others in life. Whenever you take actions, ask yourself this
58 , "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a
59 . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even
60 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behavior.
51. A. gave B. fed C. sold D. threw
52. A. weigh B. watch C. cut D. use
53. A. / B. a C. an D. the
54. A. rich B. poor C. honest D. quiet
55. A. and B. so C. but D. or
56. A. I B. my C. me D. mine
57. A. get back B. look back C. give back D. turn back
58. A. answer B. question C. help D. idea
59. A. difference B. habit C. mistake D. difficulty
60. A. study B. mean C. imagine D. know
B
It was five in the afternoon . A bus
61 a small town. Mrs Morison got off and went in a restaurant by the road, with a small beautiful dog, she was travelling in
62 , she looked for her dog at noon and missed her lunch. So she was
63 now and wanted to have something there.
The waiter received the visitor
64 . But he knew little English and the woman couldn’t speak French. They talked for a while
65 couldn’t understand each other. She had to point to her
66 and then slapped (拍)the dog’s belly (肚子). The waiter seemed to know
67 she wanted and carried the dog into the kitchen.
About half an hour some dishes were brought to the woman. They were all
68 and she was pleased with them. After she paid for her bill. She didn’t leave. She waited for a while and said
69 to the waiter and they began to quarrel (争吵). Just at that moment the manager came back. He talked with the woman and then with the waiter. At last he understood. The English woman told the waiter to
70 her dog, but he thought she told him to cook it for her!
61. A. left B. went out of C. stopped in D. went through
62. A. England B. France C. Germany D. America
63. A. asleep B. awake C. hungry D. thirsty
64. A. warmly B. coldly C. angrily D. quietly
65. A. and B. yet C. but D. for
66. A. mouth B. nose C. face D. head
67. A. how B. when C. where D. what
68. A. terrible B. delicious C. bad D. poor
6 9. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
70. A. kill B. feed C. hurt D. keep